(April 13, 2016 at 11:11 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: It's not hypocrisy. Many laws and policies are based on feelings, such as the stalking law I mentioned earlier (it must demonstrably cause "fear or alarm", in most statutes' wording), as well as laws about threats made.
You're comparing apples to oranges. Restraint orders do not get issued on whims; but rather, on perceived threats based on previous experiences, experiences that usually require some kind of independent support or documentation.
(April 13, 2016 at 11:11 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Besides it's not just about how they feel. It's who they are at the deepest possible level.Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you seriously going to argue that someone can have an essential nature, a soul as it were, that determines who the are independent of their physiology? In other words, are you making an existential distinction between mind and body?
